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Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Tearing Us Apart by Amanda Clay Book Blast & Giveaway !!

Tearing Us Apart

Amanda Clay

Series: Yes

Release Date: October 21, 2015

Pages or Words: 50,000 words

Publisher: Prizm Books

Cover Artist: BSClay

Categories: Contemporary, Fiction, Gay Fiction

Blurb:

Julian Pham is surviving high school. Openly gay,
flamboyantly goth, and Vietnamese-American, he’s just about as different as his
Oklahoma City high school can tolerate. He has good friends and a supportive
family, which helps, but lately his family is changing and his friends have
troubles of their own. Julian is afraid he’s being left behind.

Then he meets Duncan. The star of the school
basketball team, Duncan has never crossed Julian’s social path. A fateful
encounter one cold night brings the two young men together, igniting a romance
that neither of them expected, and that both can scarcely believe.

But Julian and Duncan are in different places. Julian is happily out, unconcerned with
others’ opinions. And Duncan, while he knows who he is, isn’t ready to face the
challenges of living out loud. Even as the two grow closer together, Julian
begins to question whether he can live with Duncan’s desire for secrecy. And
even if he can, does that mean he should?

When the crisis of their romance leads to a shocking
betrayal, Julian must decide if he will fix this love or tear it apart.

Excerpt:

"So," I say casually, "Have you been
down here before?"

"I've never been in there!" He's
practically shouting. "I've never been any place like that."

This outburst earns a little frown from me.
"So, by 'that' I assume you mean a gay club. But I have to ask, just how
can the interior of a homosexual establishment be sleazier than hanging out in
the alley behind one?"

He doesn't answer right away, is silent with his jaw
clenched long enough for me to brace for a kick in the ribs. But when he
speaks, his voice is a defeated whisper.

"I've driven down the street a few times. Once
I parked but I couldn't get out of my car."

I nod, give him a little smile, trying to keep it
all light and bubbly despite the shock, amusement, desire, and more shock all
swirling around in my head. "Well, you made it out tonight, Duncan Fisher,
so that's a celebration right there. Shall we go into the Wreck together? Maybe
dance a step or two?"

A reader since
the age of two, Amanda Clay realized early on that the best way to get all the
stories she wanted was to write some herself. Setting off on this path she took
some detours through teacherhood and librarianship before finally settling down
with a fabulous kid and a leafy place in which to do serious work. She still
reads everything she can get her hands on, and encourages you to do the same.

Original Cyn

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